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New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) The ubiquitous cell phone is the epitome of all evil that would bedevil your sex life, damage your brain and make you a liar! That is the view of Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Lok Sabha MP Prasanna Kumar Patasani, once a Maoist guerrilla and now a saffron-clad ‘baba’.
The MP from [...]

Bhubaneswar, March 17 (IANS) A woman suspected to be practicing witchcraft in an Orissa village was beaten and paraded naked, police said Wednesday.
Two people were arrested after Baidei Patra from Jangala village in Sundergarh district complained to police Tuesdayr.
‘We got a complaint from Baidei Patra Tuesday that she was paraded in her village naked and [...]

Bhubaneswar, March 16 (IANS) The local administration in Orissa’s Kandhamal district has not allowed the proposed visit of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Pravin Togadia to the area later this week, officials said.
The VHP leader was scheduled to go to visit Kandhamal during his visit to the state on Thursday.
‘We have decided not to allow [...]

New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) The government Monday introduced in the Lok Sabha a constitutional amendment bill that proposes to rename Orissa as Odisha.
A constitutional amendment bill to change the name of the state’s language from Oriya to Odia was also introduced in the Lok Sabha.
Home Minister P. Chidambaram introduced the Orissa (alteration of name) [...]

New Delhi, Mar.15 (ANI): A technical glitch has once again delayed the launch of India’’s indigenously built Advanced AirDefence (ADD) interceptor missile from the Integrated Test Range along Orissa’’s coast.
Defence sources said a technical snag in the sub-system has delayed the launch.
The ADD interceptor missile is capable of destroying hostile in-coming ballistic missiles.
After sorting out [...]

Bhubaneshwar, Mar 5(ANI): Adhikar, a non-governmental organisation facilitated the third Cooperative Convention which brought together more than 500 members of self help groups (SHG) from across Orissa on one platform in Bhubaneswar.
The objective of the two-day event that began on Thursday was to provide self-help groups marketing and financial assistance.
Each group displayed its products in [...]

New Delhi, Sep 18 (ANI): Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar has said that late end-season rains will help India’s winter crops.

Talking to reporters here on Thursday, Pawar said, “It’s true that because paddy area transplantation has been dropped, but the late rains are very helpful particularly for [...]

Sundergarh (Orissa), Sep 11 (ANI): Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik promised to take strict action against the Maoists who blew up at least four government buildings, a community centre and a mobile tower at Kalta village in Sundergarh district on Thursday.

Talking to reporters here, [...]

Paradip (Orissa), Sep 11 (ANI): A cargo ship carrying around 25,000 tonnes of iron ore to China capsized off Orissa coast.

MV ‘Black Rose,’ a vessel operating under the Mongolian flag, capsized 5-6 km off the harbour after it had loaded iron ore from Paradip port.

The vessel [...]

New Delhi, Sep. 10 (ANI): The Union Cabinet on Thursday gave its nod to extend a rehabilitation package for victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.

An outlay of Rs 714.76 crore has been earmarked for this, said Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni.

“It is possible that all the relief [...]

Rourkela, Sep 10 (ANI): The Maoists blew up a railway track and at least four government buildings in Orissa’s Sundargarh district today.

According to police sources, the rebels blasted railway tracks at around seven places between Bimlagarh and Patangi.

They also blew up an abandoned police station building at Kalta, another building where a CRPF [...]

Laxmipur (Orissa), Sep 9 (ANI): Armed with bows and arrows, tribals took out a massive rally on Tuesday in Laxmipur region of Orissa, against illicit liquor shops operating in the area.

Dressed in red and wielding red flags, the members of the Maoist backed tribal outfit Chasi Muliya [...]

Koraput (Orissa), Sep. 8 (ANI): Orissa’s tribal-dominated Koraput district remained tense on Tuesday, a day after a man was killed in a clash, which broke out between the two factions of the Maoist backed tribal outfit, Chasi Muliya Adivasi [...]

Koraput (Orrisa), Sep 8 (ANI): Tribals in Orissa’s Kaoraput district take to apiculture to earn a living. A non- governmental organization called ‘Sarvodaya Committee’ initiated the honey collection in 1955, aided by Orissa Khadi and Village industry board.

The beekeepers collect the honeybees and keep them [...]

Bhubneshwar, Sep. 7 (ANI): Violence has rocked Orissa’s Narayanpatna region following a clash between the two factions of the Maoist backed tribal outfit Chasi Muliya Adivasi Sangh (CMAS).

Involved in forcible acquisition of lands from non-tribal farmers for past [...]

London, Sep. 6 (ANI): The grand daughter of Mahatma Gandhi’s Irish friend Emma Harker is set to auction a bronze statue of a seated Buddhist deity gifted by Father of the Nation at Bonhams sale of Asian art.

The 13-inch-high statue, being said to be that of the Bodhisattva of compassion Avalokitesvara, may fetch [...]

Gajapati (Orissa), Sep 4 (ANI): Malaria scare is on an all time high in Orissa’s Gajapati district as at least 15 tribals have succumbed to the deadly disease in the past one-month and around 300 people are being treated at ill-equipped primary health care centres.

Being one of the tribal [...]

Koratpur (Orissa), Sep 4 (ANI): Four tribesmen died in Koraput district of Orissa after they were forced to eat a soup made of mango kernel recently.

Preliminary medical reports said the soup was bacteria-infected and the tribals, who belong to Narayanpatna block, died of food poisoning.

“My [...]

Baijal Sagar (Orissa), Aug 31(ANI): The migratory birds coming into the country have found a safe haven in Orissa’s Baijal Sagar village, which surrounded by lush green forests provide an ideal habitat for these birds.

The villagers act as ideal hosts to the visiting birds, who arrive [...]

Koraput (Orissa) , Aug.29 (ANI): Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal on Saturday said the Government was planning to set up over 2,500 model and 200 central schools on [...]